[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 52521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20605]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13994-002]


Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County; Notice of 
Application Tendered For Filing With the Commission and Soliciting 
Additional Study Requests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Unconstructed Major Project.
    b. Project No.: 13994-002.
    c. Date filed: August 1, 2013.
    d. Applicant: Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County.
    e. Name of Project: Hancock Creek Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Hancock Creek, near the Town of North Bend, 
King County, Washington. The proposed project would not occupy any 
federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Kim D. Moore, P.E., Assistant General Manager 
of Generation, Water and Corporate Services; Public Utility District 
No. 1 of Snohomish County, 2320 California Street, P.O. Box 1107, 
Everett, WA 98206-1107; (425) 783-8606; [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott; (202) 502-6480; 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: September 30, 2013.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support 
at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 
502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy 
to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 
NE., Washington, DC. 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-13994-002.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Hancock Creek Hydroelectric Project will consist of the 
following new facilities: (1) An approximately 100-foot-long, 12-foot-
high diversion with a 45-foot-long, 6-foot-high spillway; (2) a 0.85-
acre-foot impoundment; (3) a 200-square-foot fish screen with 0.125-
inch-wide openings; (4) a 1.48-mile-long, 40-inch-diameter penstock; 
(5) a powerhouse containing a single 6-megawatt two-jet horizontal-
shaft Pelton turbine generator; (6) a 12-foot-wide, approximately 100-
foot-long rip-rap-lined tailrace channel discharging into Hancock 
Creek; (7) 1,200 feet of access roads in addition to existing logging 
roads; (8) a 0.3-mile-long, 34.5-kilovolt (kV) buried transmission line 
connecting to the existing Black Creek Hydroelectric Project (P-6221) 
switching vault; and (9) appurtenant facilities. The project is 
estimated to provide 21.9 gigawatt-hours annually. No federal lands are 
included in the project.
    o. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Washington State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 
section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and the 
regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 
800.4.
    q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter (if needed)--October 2013
Request for Additional Information--October 2013
Issue Notice and Letter of Acceptance--December 2013
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--January 2014
Comments on Scoping Document 1--March 2014
Issue Scoping Document 2--April 2014
Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis--April 2014
Commission issues draft EA--October 2014
Comments on draft EA--November 2014
Commission issues final EA--January 2015


    Dated: August 16, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-20605 Filed 8-22-13; 8:45 am]
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